Thursday, February 28, 2013

In March there is hope!

The opening two months of the year have not really brought much cheer to me but as we approach the summer period, I start drooling over once again. But wait, take a step back, we aren't there yet. Things are looking as if they could start heating up from March itself. Or at least, so I would like to believe. March was probably never seen the same way once Alice in Wonderland, released in March 2010, went on to collect more than $1 billion in worldwide revenues. And so that this did not stand out in the history of March as something simply weird as the Mad Hatter himself, The Hunger Games released in March 2012 once again stole the show to churn in box office collections as good as any summer blockbuster. There may not be an encore of such performances this time around, but there is  potential. And the worst case scenario, it still would be better than what February had to offer!

This March sees more familiar names on the big screen, more marketing push, more genres to pick from. Here are five movies of the month that you could look forward to for the weekend, with a cup of coffee and some popcorn to go along with. 

5) Olympus Has Fallen: Aaron Eckhart is the President of USA. Gerard Butler works for the national security. Terrorists take over the White House. So Gerard Butler goes over to kick some ass! Simple story. But probably one which Gerard Butler is more comfortable with than exploring his romantic side as he did in Playing For Keeps (not heard? I am not surprised). This should turn out to be a straight-forward action flick that would keep the audience interested till the lights are out and forget about it once the lights are back on.

4) G.I. Joe: Retaliation: For some reason, I plan to watch this. And I keep forgetting why! Maybe it's because the trailer was not disappointing as I though it would be, or maybe because of the effort that is being made in improving the franchise by bringing in Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Or maybe it is just the sword fights that were one of the few highlights of the otherwise disappointing predecessor. At least it cannot get worse (or so I thought about Ghost Rider 2). 

3) The Croods: It is not on my 'have to have to' watch list, but The Croods is looking like a family film filled with adventure, which should have a happy ending and make you go home with a warm feeling. It is also the first animation film of the year and there is the DreamWorks tag attached to it. So enough reasons for it to work. 

2) Jack the Giant Slayer: Revisiting fairy tales is becoming some kind of a Hollywood thing now. This latest film has the premise of the fable 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. I enjoyed the first trailer that came out, but after that the activity around this film died a bit. It got moved from summer of 2012 to now, which is not a very good sign. But it has Bryan Singer at the helm of things and I am banking on his reputation and the CGI that was shown in the trailer, for this movie to turn out to be something more than an ordinary flick. As it is releasing in the first weekend of March itself, one shall find out soon enough!

1) Oz the Great and Powerful: We could be talking here about separating the man from the boys. A blockbuster from 'also ran'-s. Oz the Great and Powerful has the potential to be exactly that, great and powerful. Releasing on the second weekend of the month, this is Sam Raimi's second directorial movie after he finished off his Spider-Man trilogy. One thing you can be sure of, the fellow knows how to put on a good show. Along with the support of CGI effects, a healthy looking production budget (some put it at $200 million!) and the known faces of James Franco, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis, this movie would undoubtedly be the numero uno of March. But would it be big enough to feature in the top movies of the year? The reputation of March shall lie in the hands of the Wizard of Oz! 


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